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As America enters a crucial election year, faced with a decision that will determine nothing less than the future of our country, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day offers us a moment to pause and reflect on where we have come and how far we are going. we have diverted of our founding values.
January 15, 2024 marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of my uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who, in 1963, stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his famous “I Have a dream,” comments that helped define the Civil Rights Movement and, indeed, the entire 20th century.
As MLK spoke that day, he reminded the masses that his dream was not separate from America or our national history; instead, as a patriot, MLK's dream was “deeply rooted in the American dream.” As patriots, it is our duty to keep that dream alive.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance to injustice in everything he did. (Getty Images)
Instead, today, in 2024, Americans have seen the opposite of this dream come true. Violent protesters have rioted and looted our cities and small businesses, which goes against my uncle's commitment to nonviolent protest.
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The current administration has focused on expanding abortions and taking away parental rights over children, opposing school choice, and even spying on religious communities.
Israel has been subjected to violent attacks and faces terrorism and hatred in its most extreme form since the Holocaust, while the leaders of our major universities and academic institutions have refused to condemn these acts of brutal savagery against the Jewish people.
In my opinion, these recent actions are the ultimate betrayal of my uncle's legacy. In fact, Reverend King taught civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance to injustice in everything he did. He taught that “we must come together as brothers”—and here I will add “and as sisters”—lest we “perish together like fools.”
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MLK also taught that we are the human race of one blood, based on the Scriptures: “…and of one blood he made all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and determined the times before appointed, and the boundaries of his habitation…” (Acts 17:26).
I also believe that we are “one blood/one human race.” Most importantly, we respond to the concerns of others nonviolently, in unity and peace, so that we can affirm the fundamental truths that make our nation the greatest on Earth.
In that spirit, my uncle was always a man of peace who sought justice and preached unity, and the violence on our streets today would abhor him.
My uncle also once said that our people “cannot win” if we are “willing to sacrifice [our] children for immediate personal comfort and safety.” He followed this sentiment with one of his most iconic lines: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
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This strikes me as eerily similar to the debate we are having today over abortion in the United States. This also leads me to ask our country the following question: “How can the dream survive if we murder children?”
Of course, we agree that a woman has the right to choose what she will do with her own body. However, the baby in her womb is not her body but an independent creation with the breath of life from God Himself. Where is the choice for the baby?
As we reflect on these truths, we must examine the spirit of error that has taken hold of our legislators, deceived the people of our nation, and deceived the entire world regarding the sanctity of life.
This spirit of error tells us that a living, breathing, independent baby in its mother's womb is not worthy of value or protection. It is this same spirit of error that tells us that an unborn child is simply a “clump of cells” rather than a human being made in the image and likeness of God.
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For too long, our society has accepted the lie pushed by the government, the media, and the educational system that abortion is an adequate remedy for health problems, financial struggles, relationship problems, and even racial justice. Women's.
But the reality is that the answer to these things is to not allow ourselves to kill our children. Rather, the answer lies in seeing God with our hearts. There is the source of the “possible dream.”
So this year, as we reflect on the 95th anniversary of my uncle's life and legacy, let us pray that our efforts and examples in our interactions with one another reflect God's love for us all.
President Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the signing of the Civil Rights Act. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Let us embrace a time of repentance, forgiveness, revival and jubilee. Although we are imperfect vessels, we can all work together to end the evils we face in America today.
By doing so, we may one day live in the country Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed of: a nation that values all life from the womb to the grave.
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